diff --git a/packages/form-core/src/FormApi.ts b/packages/form-core/src/FormApi.ts
index b618efcfb..e1f0d5d7f 100644
--- a/packages/form-core/src/FormApi.ts
+++ b/packages/form-core/src/FormApi.ts
@@ -910,7 +910,7 @@ export class FormApi<
   /**
    * Handles the form submission, performs validation, and calls the appropriate onSubmit or onInvalidSubmit callbacks.
    */
-  handleSubmit = async () => {
+  handleSubmit = async (): Promise<any> => {
     this.store.setState((old) => ({
       ...old,
       // Submission attempts mark the form as not submitted
@@ -955,12 +955,16 @@ export class FormApi<
 
     try {
       // Run the submit code
-      await this.options.onSubmit?.({ value: this.state.values, formApi: this })
+      const result = await this.options.onSubmit?.({
+        value: this.state.values,
+        formApi: this,
+      })
 
       this.store.batch(() => {
         this.store.setState((prev) => ({ ...prev, isSubmitted: true }))
         done()
       })
+      return result
     } catch (err) {
       done()
       throw err
diff --git a/packages/form-core/tests/FormApi.spec.ts b/packages/form-core/tests/FormApi.spec.ts
index 31c9194ed..9d40065b0 100644
--- a/packages/form-core/tests/FormApi.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/form-core/tests/FormApi.spec.ts
@@ -1983,4 +1983,56 @@ describe('form api', () => {
     expect(form.state.canSubmit).toBe(true)
     expect(passconfirmField.state.meta.errors.length).toBe(0)
   })
+
+  it('handleSubmit should return the return value of onSubmit when valid', async () => {
+    const form = new FormApi({
+      defaultValues: {
+        firstName: '',
+      },
+      onSubmit: async ({value, formApi}) => {
+        // simulate a validation error on the server-side
+        if (value.firstName === 'maya') {
+          formApi.setFieldMeta('firstName', (meta) => ({...meta, errorMap: {...meta.errorMap, onServer: 'name is already taken'}}))
+          return
+        }
+        // if successful, return a value received from the server
+        return 23
+      }
+    })
+
+    const field = new FieldApi({
+      form,
+      name: 'firstName',
+      validators: {
+        onChange: ({ value }) =>
+          value.length > 0 ? undefined : 'first name is required',
+      },
+    })
+
+    field.mount()
+
+    const formInvalidResult = await form.handleSubmit()
+    expect(formInvalidResult).toEqual(undefined)
+    expect(form.state.isFieldsValid).toEqual(false)
+    expect(form.state.canSubmit).toEqual(false)
+    expect(form.state.fieldMeta['firstName'].errors).toEqual([
+      'first name is required',
+    ])
+
+    field.setValue('peter')
+    const submitSucceedResult = await form.handleSubmit()
+    expect(submitSucceedResult).toEqual(23)
+    expect(form.state.isFieldsValid).toEqual(true)
+    expect(form.state.canSubmit).toEqual(true)
+
+    field.setValue('maya')
+    const submitFailureResult = await form.handleSubmit()
+    expect(submitFailureResult).toEqual(undefined)
+    expect(form.state.isFieldsValid).toEqual(false)
+    expect(form.state.canSubmit).toEqual(false)
+    expect(form.state.fieldMeta['firstName'].errors).toEqual([
+      'name is already taken',
+    ])
+
+  })
 })